Black BC: A History of the Black Experience at Boston College
A project by Black BC: A History of the Black Experience at Boston CollegeBlack BC Walking Tour is an interactive tour that allows online and mobile users to discover and explore black BC’s complex history on campus, in Boston, and in the nation. It mines anecdotal and informal resources as well as BC archives to commemorate the presence and contributions of black BC, and to document how this community participates in Boston’s black communities. The site is also a resource for BC students, faculty, staff, alums, and scholars who conduct research on race.
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Campion Hall - Lynch School of Education –
2005 - FACES is founded for the purpose of providing students with a better environment to discuss race and racism on campus. (Meaghan Callahan, "FACES discuss race on campus," The Heights/ Logo by FACESCouncil)
Fenwick Hall – October 1970, April 1977
October 1970 - Black students of Fenwick Hall say that a dorm solely for black students is necessary “to help make this adaption to white society easier,” to have "a haven from ignorant stares and rude behavior,” according to the article. Frank…
Devlin Hall –
September 1933 – Casper Augustus Ferguson became Boston College’s first African-American graduate on a hot, overcast afternoon on Alumni Field in June 1937. […] Ferguson commuted to Chestnut Hill by streetcar in the morning, and after the…
BC Bookstore – McElroy Hall –
September 20 1971 - A white security guard, who previously “permitted cars onto the upper campus to unload students’ possessions, refused entry to a car driven by [black students attempting to deliver food for a Black Talent Program picnic].”…
Maloney Hall –
25 November 2014 - Boston College students marched across campus to gather in front of BCPD [Maloney Hall] in protest of the grand jury decision not to indict Ferguson officer Darren Wilson. (Julie Orenstein, "BC Students Protest Ferguson Ruling On…
Upper Campus, Main Gate –
20 September 1971 – A white security guard, who previously “permitted cars onto the upper campus to unload students’ possessions refused entry to a car driven by [black students attempting to deliver food for a Black Talent Program picnic].”…